Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 830: 262. Speed Up Underwater_4noveldrama

“The Mantas Family has not only monopolized Subregion No.13-16. Look over there, Denise, Subsea Areas No.17-20 have also been marked with the Mantas Family’s emblem.”

Denise moved to the other side of the porthole and saw the family emblem projected into the sky by a magical device.

At this point, Denise became somewhat numb, no longer as excited as before:

“To monopolize eight subsea regions would require eight treasure hunting fleets. That’s nearly 500 magical yachts and more than 80 medium and small-sized magical machinery ships. Hmm, the Mantas Family really is as wealthy as the rumors say. How many gold coins can they have, tens of billions?”

Noland Lee raised his hand and rubbed Denise’s cheek, a subtle curve forming at the corner of his mouth:

“The Mantas Family can have so much money simply because they haven’t encountered their true natural enemy yet.”

“Natural enemy?” Denise was a bit puzzled:

“Hmm… are you talking about powerful wizards?”

“You could say that,” Noland Lee said with a smile, neither confirming nor denying, as he brushed past the subject and continued to control the magic yacht.

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The areas where the Dragon Clan treasure might fall are not limited to Subregion No.13-20 that Noland Lee saw.

After Noland Lee stopped the magic yacht in a deserted underwater area, he surveyed the surroundings thoroughly with “Mind View.”

The Southern Sea Zone of the entire Starfall Sea, which encompasses Subsea Area 1 to 36, all fell within the range of where the Dragon Clan treasure could drop.

It was a very vast range.

Even if the Mantas Family was incredibly wealthy, they couldn’t possibly monopolize all 36 subsea regions.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

Only the areas from Subregion No.13 to No.22—a total of 10 subsea regions—had been taken over by the Mantas Family.

The remaining areas had fallen into the hands of various wizard forces.

Many medium and small wizard forces could only stand outside the range where the Dragon Clan treasure fell, hoping that the powers monopolizing the regions would let some “small fish” slip through to them.

Overall, the ownership status of the regions where treasures fell directly reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the forces around the Suman Archipelago.

The Charnel Family, the Hayden Family, and the Mantas Family each occupied 10 subsea regions.

The Pangula Family was absent from tonight’s feast.

Which was normal.

That guy Dickler Fegan had squandered all his money and couldn’t possibly organize a proper fleet to join the excitement.

The remaining 6 subsea areas slipped out of the Pangula Family’s hands and fell into those of several large wizard forces.

It’s worth mentioning that the Deep Sea Branch of Hotams wouldn’t directly participate in this event.

Since they surpass all other forces in deep-sea expertise, if the Deep Sea Branch showed up, no one else would get a share at all.

But it was impossible for the Deep Sea Branch to give up on the Dragon Clan treasure.

So, there’s a rule in the Suman Archipelago that forces which acquire Dragon Clan treasure in the Starfall Sea must surrender 10% of the spoils of war to the Deep Sea Branch.

The Charnel Family would take charge of transferring the spoils, and all the Deep Sea Branch needed to do was wait for the delivery.

Noland Lee was not interested in matters between wizard forces.

He only knew that passively deconstructing Subregion No.13-16 all at once was the best possible option he had chosen and that it would not be put on hold due to the treasure event.

He settled Denise and the Snow-winged Cat securely and dived into the water alone, heading toward his previous cultivation site.

At this moment, Denise’s advantage as a Resurrection Witch came to light.

Her “Rebirth Teleportation Spell” radiated to every corner within more than 400 kilometers, ignoring barriers of sea water and terrain.

With just a call from Noland Lee, she could traverse a long distance to tend to his wounds, saving him the trouble of traveling back and forth with injuries.

On the way to the cultivation site, halfway there, Noland Lee felt an unexplained irritation as if someone was watching him from within the dark sea water.

[System Message:]

[“An Unknown Wizard is trying to use a detection spell to locate you.”]

Noland Lee glanced at the system text in his mind.

He activated “Perception Enhancement” and precisely captured the gaze that was spying on him.

“Hm, I’ve been discovered by a wizard on that large magic mechanical ship…”

Noland Lee stopped moving forward, hovering in the sea water about 100 meters below the surface.

He narrowed his eyes and looked ahead, his gaze piercing through the murky sea water and focusing on the large magic machinery ship.

The ship had a carrying capacity of approximately 250,000 tons and looked like a luxurious cruise liner.

It was made with a great deal of shiny magic metal.

The magic lamps illuminated, and the opulent residences on the ship glinted with golden light.

Describing the ship as “overtly luxurious” wasn’t an exaggeration at all.

It was normal for a few Eighth & Ninth Circle Wizards to be guarding such a lavishly equipped magic mechanical ship.

After Noland Lee stopped the “Water Walking Technique,” the peculiar feeling from a psychological level disappeared immediately.

This indicated that the wizard trying to detect him was searching for targets by sensing changes in the water and energy fluctuations.

After pondering for a moment, Noland Lee cast a “Mental Illusion” on himself and then turned to dive deeper.

The feeling of being watched reappeared, with the observer still being the wizard on the large magic mechanical ship.

But as Noland Lee dived deeper, the feeling of being watched quickly weakened.

At around 200 meters deep, the odd sensation in Noland Lee’s mind dissipated completely.

“I understand now. This person isn’t targeting me specifically. He’s probably just using some kind of wide-range detection spell to monitor movements around the large magic mechanical ship,” Noland Lee surmised.